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lin-manuel miranda - right hand man (off-broadway) lyrics

[hamilton]
now i can write a revolutionary screed until my fingers bleed
but action’s gonna bring us what we need

[ensemble]
yes indeed

[hamilton]
tonight we plant a revolutionary seed
and watch it twist and weave and grow
until we choke out every weed

[ensemble]
yes indeed

[hamilton]
let’s grab those cannons with our legendary speed
keep in step with me, the leader of this gang, are we agreed?

[ensemble]
yes indeed

[hamilton]
stick with me

[ensemble]
yes indeed

[hamilton]
til we’re free

[ensemble]
yes indeed

[hamilton]
say goodbye to the life you used to lead

[ensemble]
here comes the general!

[burr]
ladies and gentlemen!

[ensemble]
here comes the general!

[burr]
the moment you’ve been waiting for!

[ensemble]
here comes the general!

[burr]
the pride of mount vernon!

[ensemble]
here comes the general!

[burr]
george washington!

[washington]
we are outgunned

[ensemble]
what

[washington]
outmanned

[ensemble]
what

[washington]
outnumbered, outplanned

[ensemble]
buck buck buck buck buck

[washington]
we gotta make an all out stand
hey yo, i’m gonna need a right hand man

[ensemble]
buck buck buck buck buck

[washington]
can i be real a second? for just a millisecond?
let down my guard and tell the people how i feel second?
now i’m the model of the modern major general
the venerated virginian veteran whose men are all
lining up, to put me up on a pedestal
writin’ letters to relatives
embellishin’ my elegance and eloquence
but the elephant is in the room
the truth is in ya face when ya hear the british cannons go…

[ensemble]
boom!

[washington]
any hope of success is fleeting
how can i keep leading when the people i’m leading keep retreating?
we put a stop to the bleeding as the british take brooklyn
knight takes rook, but look
we are outgunned

[ensemble]
what

[washington]
outmanned

[ensemble]
what

[washington]
outnumbered, outplanned

[ensemble]
buck buck buck buck buck

[washington]
we gotta make an all out stand
hey yo, i’m gonna need a right hand man

[company]
british admiral howe’s got troops on the water
thirty-two thousand troops in new york harbor
[ensemble 1]
thirty-two thousand troops in new york harbor

when they surround our troops!
they surround our troops!
when they surround our troops!
[ensemble 2]
thirty-two thousand troops in new york harbor

they surround our troops!
they surround our troops!

[hamilton]
they gonna slaughter us? no
we’ll be the regiment that gets it in and spreads them thin

[ensemble]
what

[hamilton]
the unpredictable rebels who gave their heads a spin

[ensemble]
what

[hamilton]
who says i can’t lead?

[ensemble]
what

[hamilton]
who says i can’t inspire?

[ensemble]
what

[hamilton]
let’s bring our cannons back, we’re facing heavy cannon fire
the british fleet advances, morale slips
taking chances, ma-a-a-n i ain’t scared of ships
spread the word, when the commander says retreat
i’m the last man standing in the street
blast the heat

[ensemble]
boom!

[washington]
goes the cannon, watch the blood and the shit spray

[ensemble]
boom!

[washington]
goes the cannon, we’re abandoning kips bay

[company]
boom!

[washington]
there’s another ship and…

[company]
boom!

[washington]
we just lost the southern tip and…

[company]
boom!

[washington]
we gotta run to harlem quick, we can’t afford another slip
guns and horses giddyup
i decide to divvy up
my forces, they’re skittish as the british cut the city up
this close to giving up, facing mad scrutiny
i scream in the face of this m-ss mutiny:
are these the men with which i am to defend america?
we ride at midnight, manhattan in the distance
i cannot be everywhere at once, people
i’m in dire need of -ssistance…

[burr]
your excellency, sir!

[washington]
who are you?

[burr]
aaron burr, sir?
permission to state my case?

[washington]
as you were

[burr]
sir
i was a captain under general montgomery
until he caught a bullet in the neck in quebec
and well, in summary
i think that i could be of some -ssistance
i admire how you keep firing on the british
from a distance

[washington]
huh

[burr]
i have some questions, a couple of suggestions on how to fight instead of fleeing west

[washington]
yes?

[burr]
well—

[hamilton]
your excellency, you wanted to see me?

[washington]
hamilton, come in, have you met burr?

[hamilton]
yes, sir

[hamilton and burr]
we keep meeting

[burr]
well, sir, i look forward to seeing your strategy play out

[washington]
burr?

[burr]
sir?

[washington]
close the door on your way out

[hamilton]
have i done something wrong, sir?

[washington]
on the contrary
i called you here because our odds are beyond scary
your reputation precedes you, but i have to laugh

[hamilton]
sir?

[washington]
hamilton, how come no one can get you on their staff?

[hamilton]
sir!

[washington]
don’t get me wrong, you’re a young man, of great renown

[hamilton]
yes, we fought together in trenton, i helped you take the town

[washington]
nathaniel greene and henry knox wanted to hire you

[hamilton]
i came to be a soldier, not a secretary

[washington]
why’re you upset?

[hamilton]
i’m not—

[washington]
it’s alright, you want to fight, you’ve got a hunger
i was just like you when i was younger
head full of fantasies of dyin’ like a martyr?

[hamilton]
yes

[washington]
dying is easy, young man. living is harder

[hamilton]
why are you telling me this?

[washington]
i’m being honest
i’m working with a third of what our congress has promised
we are a powder keg about to explode
i need someone like you to lighten the load. so?

[company (except hamilton)]
i am not throwin’ away my shot!
i am not throwin’ away my shot!
ayo, i’m just like my country, i’m young
scr-ppy and hungry!

[hamilton]
i am not throwing away my shot!

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